Laboratory Activities General Guide

3. Journal Report Guide

Objectives

Reporting activities should help you:

• explain and articulate scientific findings and methods
• relate the relevance of biochemical techniques in addressing real-life problems 
• practice presenting or orally communicating information
• practice answering questions intelligently and comprehensively

As our circumstances are different, the reports may be in a pre-recorded or live online format depending on accessibility issues. Q&As may either be via the Discussion platform or during the live session.

Guidelines

1. There will be one journal report per group.
2. The journal report is a 15-minute explanation of a primary journal article that makes use of biochemical techniques (focusing on those tackled in class) to address real-life problems.
3. Each group will submit three (3) journal articles (primary papers) within the last five (5) years. These articles should demonstrate techniques or findings relevant to biochemistry.
4. Each group will be preparing a 15-minute presentation based on the approved article. The presentation will be followed by Q&A portion.  
5. Groups will be evaluated based on Content, Organization, Delivery, and Overall Impression/Quality. (A copy of the evaluation form will be uploaded on the platform.) 
6. The report will consist of the following fundamental parts (variations or additions hereof are okay as long as we keep to time):
   • Title slide - (1 slide)
   • Introduction - provides background of the study and clearly states the objective (1-2 slides)
   • Methods - a brief flowchart of the methodology, highlighting the key steps that will enable the audience to appreciate the results (1-2 slides)
   • Results with Discussion - presents the results and discusses them (5-10 slides) 
   • Conclusion - highlights the main takeaway of the study (1 slide)
   • Key References - main references used in presentation (1 slide)
7. It is normally assumed that it takes 1 minute to discuss 1 slide.